Assembly Bill A6138

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to liability for outside aid

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A6138 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-g, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5655
2019-2020: A5589
2021-2022: A5654
2023-2024: A5422

2015-A6138 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to liability for outside aid.

2015-A6138 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6138

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to liability for
  outside aid

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 209-g of the general municipal
law, as amended by section 9 of part A of chapter 101  of  the  laws  of
2013, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general, special
or  local,  any  county, city, town, village or fire district requesting
fire aid pursuant to section two hundred nine-e of this article  or  any
county,  city, town or village requesting police aid pursuant to section
two hundred nine-f of this article, shall be liable and  responsible  to
the  assisting municipal corporation or fire district for any loss of or
damage, WHICH IT IS DEEMED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, to apparatus or equip-
ment or supplies and shall bear and pay  the  expense  incurred  in  the
operation  and  maintenance  of  any SUCH apparatus or equipment and the
cost of materials and supplies used or consumed in  rendering  such  aid
and assistance, but such liability and responsibility shall not apply or
extend to apparatus, equipment, materials and supplies owned or supplied
by the state.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09658-01-5

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